The £5 pint

In the George Staples Tuesday.
Pint of Landlord £2.50

HastingsRed said:

Charlton_Charlie said:

Paid £10.50 for a pint of Salt DIPA in Deptford last night...my choice of course, but not something I'll be doing very often...

Trouble is prices aren't clearly marked in most pubs and I hate asking how much a certain beer costs. Did you know the price before it was poured?

Not all bar staff even tell you how much the drink costs either, some just take your money and leave you dreading how little change you're going to get until you've calculated the price.

On a separate note it can't be too far off until it's £5 for a pint of pepsi/coke

In Wolfe and Castle Rochester High Street a couple of weeks ago, they had a 9% stout at £6 half, £8.80 schooner. 

And the breweries wonder why so many people are now drinking at home! I’m old school and only ever drunk at the pub, rarely at home. Slowly but surely I’m turning into a home drinker. Will always go to the pub ( while there is still a local one to go to!) but my pub visits are getting fewer and fewer as the time ticks by. All down to the crazy price of a pint. 

Radostanradical said:

To be honest i expect to pay around £6-7 a pint now but mainly go to them in the City after work.

I probably wouldnt feel to agrieved unless it was over £15 and i probably wouldnt go to a pub that serves pints under 4.50

If I was asked to pay over £15 a pint I'd expect it to be Vodka or Whisky. 

ElfsborgAddick said:

clb74 said:

ElfsborgAddick said:

iaitch said:

If it was a pint I don't see why not.

I was looking at price, a pint and the consequences are wow.
Anyway, Mrs Elfs wanted a G n T in my old local in Sweden 12 months ago, £13 said she did not have another one.

Little legs.
You need to get down the Oak in Bromley when you're next over.
Two double gin and tonics £25

Bloody hell, that's outrageous.

The South spoons you'd probably get change of £10 mate.

£13.60 mate

addix said:

I was in the Travelodge at Gatwick recently and was going to go to the bar there to kill some time until I saw 330ml bottles of Bud etc were £6.50 (works out to be £11.19 a pint if I've done my maths correctly.  Even the 'Spoons inside the airport only charge about £6 for a full pint.  I stayed in my room and drank the coffee instead.

First mistake there was staying in a travelodge

addix said:

I was in the Travelodge at Gatwick recently and was going to go to the bar there to kill some time until I saw 330ml bottles of Bud etc were £6.50 (works out to be £11.19 a pint if I've done my maths correctly.  Even the 'Spoons inside the airport only charge about £6 for a full pint.  I stayed in my room and drank the coffee instead.

At a rave I was at last night cans of Madri were £6.75!

£9.50 for a pint of Camden Hells at the O2, about £17 for a large glass of Hardys wine!

Mendonca In Asdas said:

£25 for 4 pints at Wembley Stadium tonight, the £5 pint is long gone.

When you compare it to the O2, I actually think that’s pretty reasonable for Wembley. £6.25 a pint is cheaper than a lot of London pubs 

Mendonca In Asdas said:

£25 for 4 pints at Wembley Stadium tonight, the £5 pint is long gone.

Sorry MIA.
This needs to be dismissed.
As AFKA said there's places locally where you're paying them prices.
If I'm paying £7 a pint in London I wouldn't think that's too bad.

Trouble is I can remember paying under £2 a pint, (probably moaned about the prices then as well) probably should change the title heading to ‘The £30 pint’ and see who is still around for it in years to come.

I guess it’s all relative what with inflation and house prices, I don’t go out to pubs very often any more, as its a bit of a rip off, id sooner buy stuff from the supermarket / online and have it in my own home, and save the dosh to help my kids, each month save, part of the reason I’ve reduced my away games, as a it’s been absolute garbage, and it’s expensive.

mendonca said:

clb74 said:

Mendonca In Asdas said:

£25 for 4 pints at Wembley Stadium tonight, the £5 pint is long gone.

Sorry MIA.
This needs to be dismissed.
As AFKA said there's places locally where you're paying them prices.
If I'm paying £7 a pint in London I wouldn't think that's too bad.

Although technically he is correct in addressing the subject of the thread. 

I'm going to object to this post.
This thread was started over 10 years ago.
It's my honest belief that inflation should be taken into account.

mendonca said:

It's a funny one as we know we probably don't need to dent our pockets for such short lived satisfaction, but do, anyway.

Sounds like being a Charlton fan in a nutshell!

DOUCHER said:

over £8 a pint in the hoppers hut in sidcup - used to pay about about 80p in the castle in eltham in the mid to late eighties when first started out - that's 1000% inflation in 40 years

Presume that's a "special" pint, else going against the mantra of a micropub!